Xavier Styles
Iowa Hawkeyes
89
Great

Xavier Styles

Iowa HawkeyesContender
SSDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Robert Morris
Projected Starter

Is Xavier Styles starting?

Xavier Styles is the projected starter at SS for Iowa Hawkeyes.

Redshirt sophomore · #18 · 6'1", 207 lbs

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Depth at SS · Iowa Hawkeyes

  1. 11889Xavier StylesStarter
  2. 2585Anthony Hawkins

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Up next for Iowa

Iowa plays Northwestern away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

This season: 2 tackles, 1 INT, 0 PBU. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 89 overall (Great tier).

Team Share0%
Lakewood, OH
Jersey
#18
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
207 lbs
Transfer
Robert Morris

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—210

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

High School
St. Edward
Hometown
Lakewood, OH

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 34th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.60 for competition level) put them -4 vs unit starters → 89.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 34% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 49% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
-4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WWISTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-0

Oct 24LMINNTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 13-10

Oct 10WWASHTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
8
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 41-24

Oct 3LOSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-14

Sep 19WUNITKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 55-0

Sep 12WISUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 16-13

Sep 5WNIUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 40-0

Xavier Styles's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

2 tkl · 0 PD · 1 INT
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